Lead Data Engineer

November 8, 2024

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Game Development

201 - 500 employees

Founded 2021

🎮 Gaming

📱 Media

🌍 Social Impact

💰 Series D on 2024-01

📋 Description

• Data is at the heart of player, product, and business insights on our titles. • This critical role will build and grow the foundation for our studio in insights about our players and our business. • The role will report to the Director of Data, Analytics & Insights (DAI). • The data engineering lead will grow and lead a team of amazing engineers to deliver and manage a data stack that will fuel the studio on insights for our games, players, and overall business. • Collaborate with internal and external teams and stakeholders to develop and deliver data solutions and capabilities that integrate with online gaming technology.

🎯 Requirements

• Extensive experience in data engineering, with demonstrated leadership in designing and managing data architectures at scale. • Product-focused mindset with a passion for understanding the games we create and how data can enhance both player experience and business performance. • Demonstrated expertise in data architecture patterns, including experience building CI/CD data stacks and optimizing data infrastructure for scale and performance. • Deep knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and experience deploying large-scale data systems in a cloud environment. • Significant experience with cloud-based big data ecosystems such as Snowflake and familiarity with modern data infrastructure tools like DBT, Airflow, and Kafka. • Proficiency in SQL & Python required; experience with Java or Scala is a plus. • Hands-on experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and orchestration systems for deploying and maintaining applications. • Strong experience with Linux/Unix systems, including scripting (bash) and managing production environments. • Proven expertise in ETL/ELT pipeline development and working with large, diverse data sets at scale. • Strong experience with agile methodologies, turning user stories into actionable engineering tasks, and driving impactful development through collaboration with product owners. • Knowledge of data governance, security protocols, and best practices related to GDPR, PII, and other data privacy regulations. • Ability to build strong relationships across teams, empowering engineers and stakeholders through clear communication and collaboration.

🏖️ Benefits

• Unlimited coaching & therapy — with Oliva, to support your mental health • Stock Options — everyone owns a piece of our success • Pension scheme — up to 5% employer matched contribution to finance those golden years • Socials — office & remote events, play sessions and company-wide parties • And even more benefits based on your location! • 25 Annual Leave + 3 bank holidays - we’re flexible with most bank holidays so you can use the time to celebrate what’s important to you • Private Medical Insurance - full cover with AXA • Healthcare Cash Plan - Level 3 cover with Medicash • Cycle2Work Scheme - lease a bike through us and save on tax too! • Electric Car Charging - electric car charging at our Port office in Edinburgh, Scotland.